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Environmental

Benefits of Sugar Cane Based

Polyethylene & Polypropylene

Terry Glass Market Development Specialist Braskem NA 979-236-3617 [email protected]

Braskem Leader in Thermoplastic Resins Production in the Americas

Bahia

Alagoas

1 PVC 1 Chlorine Soda

São Paulo

1 Naphtha Cracker 2 PP 3 PE

Rio de Janeiro

1 Gas Cracker 1 PP 1 PE

Rio Grande do Sul

1 Naphta Cracker 5 PE 2 PP

United States of America

5 PP

1 Naphtha Cracker 4 PE 1 PP 1 PVC 1 Chlorine Soda

Source: Braskem

6,689 PE

1,124

8,725 PP

PVC

16,537

CAPACITY (MMlbs/yr)

35 Industrial sites worldwide

2011 Gross Revenue

US$ 23.8 billion

Germany

2 PP

Braskem Green Polyethylene: a running business

Braskem is the leading global supplier of biopolymers

Startup Sept 24, 2010

Capacity 200 kty

Investment US$ 290 MM

Green Polyethylene Cycle

Ethanol CH3-CH2OH At the distillery, the sugar juice is fermented and distillated to produce ethanol

Sugarcane The sugarcane crop metabolizes the CO2 to produce sucrose

Carbon capture The green polyethylene is transformed in final products in the same unities already existents

The green polyethylene is 100% recyclable (Mechanical / Incineration)

Recycling Green PE [CH2=CH2]

The ethylene is polymerized in polyethylene production unities

Ethylene CH2=CH2

Through the dehydration, the ethanol is transformed in ethylene

Very Favorable Ecoprofile*

Captures and Fixes 2,5 t CO2/t PE

* Preliminary Ecoeficiency Analysis (From cradle to Braskem gate)– Fundação Espaço Eco 2007/2008

FROM CRADLE TO CRADLE

Sugarcane: No impact either in Amazon or in

global food production

Amazon

200kty of green PE needs 0,02% of arable lands in Brazil Sugarcane in Brazil is cultivated mainly in the Southeast, 2,000 Km far from the Amazon Forest

Sugarcane Ethanol occupies only 1,5% of Brazilian arable area

Corn 14 MM ha

Soybean 22 MM ha

Current ethanol + sugar 8 MM ha

Protected Areas 496 MM ha

Pasture/Cattle 159 MM ha

Source: Censo IBGE 2006 and UNICA

From Sugar Cane to Green Polyethylene

Metrics and Relations

1 Hectare of land

82,5 ton Sugar Cane

7200 l Ethanol

3 ton Green Ethylene

3 ton Green PE

Braskem’s Green PE: 200 kton/year 460 millions liters of Ethanol = approx. 65 thousand hectares

produces produce produce produce

~1,7% of Brazilian Ethanol Production ~0,02% of Brazilian arable land

Green PE has the Same Technical and Recycle

Properties As Petrochemical PE.

Oil Sugarcane Fully identical properties

Petrochemical Polyethylene

Green Polyethylene

Green PE can be recycled in the same stream already established for the petrochemical PE

Green PE regrind can also be incorporated in the converter’s production systems

Green PE/PP have a very favorable Carbon Footprint, helping to reduce GHG emissions

Petrochemical PE1

Green PP2

Green PE2

2,0

-2,3

-2,5

2,1

Petrochemical PP1

Carbon Footprint From cradle to polymer factory gate

(t CO2 eq. / t polymer)

PS Gen. Purpose1 3,4

1Plastics Europe

2Preliminary Ecoeficiency Analysis - Espaço ECO Foundation

3Based on the CO2 emissions of a car powered by a 1.0-liter gasoline engine that is driven 15 km per day for one year.

Source: 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse

200 kty of green PE ~ 920 thousand tons of CO2 avoided/ year

~ emissions produced by 1 million cars per year3

Brazilian Sugarcane Based Ethanol Has

the Highest Energy Productivity

Fossil-fuel energy used to MAKE the fuel (input) compared with the energy IN the fuel (output)

Fossil-fuel

output

Sugarcane Corn

input

• New technologies expected to double productivity

1,4

9,3

1,0

Source: UNICA

Beet

2,0

How Does Green Polyolefin Packaging Fit

Into a Sustainable Society?

Sustainability of Polyolefins

Sustainability

Variables

Units PP HDPE PVC PET GPPS HIPS ABS

Environmental Comparisons*

Energy to

produce

MM BTU/1000

lbs. of Resin 34.9 35.8 25.4 31.9 42.5 42.9 46.8

Wastes

Generated

Lbs. /1000 lbs 84.7 74.5 138 142 110 114 200

CO2 Equivalents Lbs. CO2

equiv/1000 lbs. 1868 1890 2255 2798 3175 3194 3749

Key Physical Property Comparison

Density g/cm3 .91 .96 1.4 1.36 1.04 1.04 1.04

1% Secant

Modulus

psi 300000 200000 400000 360000 450000 300000 340000

Stiffness / unit

volume

psi/cm3 329670 208333 285714 264705 428571 288462 326923

*Cradle to Gate Life Cycle Inventory of Nine Plastic Resins Franklin Associates – July 2010

KEY ASSUMPTIONS* (unit) BioPE bottle

Hydrocarbon

Based PE bottle

Bottle

weight (gm) 12 12

diameter (in) 2.13 2.13

height (in) 5.00 5.00

Manufacturing process

process - blow mold blow mold

cavitation # 16 16

cycle time sec 4.5 4.5

bottles/hr # 12,800 12,800

Units / yr # 910,700,268 910,700,268

Lbs./ yr Lbs 24,051,870 24,051,870

* Allied Development

Environmental Footprint Comparison

10 oz Bottle Case Study

Bio PE Hydrocarbon Based PE ENERGY MJ MJ/UNIT MJ MJ/UNIT

Raw Materials 166,043,368 0.182 766,729,669 0.842

Raw Materials Packaging 0 0.000 0 0.000

RM & Pack Transport 8,894,308 0.010 8,894,308 0.010

Process 156,765,701 0.172 156,765,701 0.172

Distribution Packaging 8,110,970 0.009 8,110,970 0.009

DP Transport 1,621,480 0.002 1,621,480 0.002

Transport to Customer 15,073,023 0.017 15,073,023 0.017

Total Energy 356,508,850 0.391 957,195,151 1.051

GHG LBS LB/UNIT LBS LB/UNIT

Raw Materials -48,836,285 -0.054 37,848,121 0.042


RM & Pack Transport 1,373,521 0.002 1,373,521 0.002

Process 22,632,437 0.025 22,632,437 0.025

Distribution Packaging 929,752 0.001 929,752 0.001

DP Transport 250,400 0.000 250,400 0.000

Transport to Customer 2,327,680 0.003 2,327,680 0.003

Total Greenhouse Gas -21,322,495 -0.023 65,361,910 0.072

Water GALLONS GAL/UNIT GALLONS GAL/UNIT

Raw Materials 203,403,126 0.223 93,521,485 0.103


RM & Pack Transport 13,125 0.000 13,125 0.000

Process 16,857,442 0.019 16,857,442 0.019

Distribution Packaging 3,609,382 0.004 3,609,382 0.004

DP Transport 2,393 0.000 2,393 0.000

Transport to Customer 22,242 0.000 22,242 0.000

Total Water 223,907,710 0.246 114,026,069 0.125

Material End-of-Life Total LBS Landfill LBS/unit Total LBS Landfill LBS/unit

Finished product 24,051,870 0.021 24,051,870 0.021

Raw material packaging 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Product packaging 826,699 0.001 826,699 0.001

Other waste 10,200 0.000 10,200 0.000

Total 24,888,769 0.022 24,888,769 0.022




-0.200

0.000

0.200

0.400

0.600

0.800

1.000

1.200

TOTAL ENERGY(mj/unit)

TOTAL GHG (lbghg/unit)

TOTAL WATER(gal/unit)

EOL - Material toLandfill (lbs/unit)

Environmental Footprint

Bio PE Bottle

Petro PE Bottle



0.0000

0.2000

0.4000

0.6000

0.8000

1.0000

1.2000

1.4000

1.6000

Energy consumption (mj/unit)

-0.0400

-0.0200

0.0000

0.0200

0.0400

0.0600

0.0800

0.1000

0.1200

GHG releases (lb ghg/unit)

Assumptions*

12 Gram Container Weight for all Resin Types

30% Bio PET Assumes only MEG sourced from

Sugar Cane Ethanol

100% Bio PET Assumes PTA sourced from

corn starch / isobutanol route and MEG

sourced from Sugar Cane Ethanol




10/2/2012

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

PP13 g

Green PP13 g

HDPE16.2 g

Green HDPE16.2

PET16 g

PLA15.1 g

Paper12.6 g

gal/u

nit

Resin Type

Water Consumption

Environmental Footprint -16 oz. Cups*

Green PE / PP Advantaged in Energy and GHG


0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

PP13 g

Green PP13 g

HDPE16.2 g

GreenHDPE16.2

PET16 g

PLA15.1 g

PS13.9 g

Paper12.6 g

mj/u

nit

Resin Type

Energy Consumption

-0.08

-0.04

0.00

0.04

0.08

0.12

0.16

0.20

0.24

PP13 g

Green PP13 g

HDPE16.2 g

GreenHDPE16.2

PET16 g

PLA15.1 g

PS13.9 g

Paper12.6 g

lb. g

hg

/un

it

Resin Type

GHG Consumption

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

PP13 g

Green PP13 g

HDPE16.2 g

Green HDPE16.2

PET16 g

PLA15.1 g

PS13.9 g

lbs./u

nit

Resin Type

Material to Landfill (pellets)

Green PP Favored in terms of GHG Effects

Even with No Recycle

-0.075

-0.055

-0.035

-0.015

0.005

0.025

0% 5% 10% 20% 50% 75% 100%

lbs g

hg

/un

it

Recycle Rate

GHG Relationship PP vs. PET

PET Offers GHG Savings if Recycled Above 94%

0% Recycled PP

-0.2

-0.15

-0.1

-0.05

0

0.05

0% 5% 10% 20% 50% 75% 100%

Lb

s. g

hg

/un

it

Recycle Rate

GHG Relationship Green PP vs. PET

100% PET Recycling Cannot

Match GHG of Green PP with no Recycle

Note: Scenario Analysis Assumes no PP recycle

Recycling of PP vs. PET 16 oz. Cups Analysis*


Recognized brand adoption

and promotion with Global Leaders

Favorable

Carbon

Footprint

and Energy

Ratio

“Drop In”

Green PE

Strengths of green polyethylene

Sugarcane

(Bio Based)

100%

Recyclable

Biopolymers Strategy based on current technology growth and R&D investments

Timeline

1st Wave

Pre-Marketing

2nd Wave

Growth

3rd Wave

Consolidation

Sustainable growth path to consolidate Green PE and Green PP market

~2020 To optimize actual

polymerization facilities to speed up time-to-market

2010 - 2014

New capacities to increase market penetration

2015 - 2019

Phases

Capacity

Green PP

30kty+ Green PP Existing Technology

New Green PP capacity Improved Technology

Larger Green PP capacity Biochemical route

Green PE

200 kty Green PE (Triunfo-RS)

New Green PE capacities

Additional capacities

Total Capacity 230kty+ TBD TBD

Thank You for your interest

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